ESPN: Sources: UCLA to add former UTEP signee Isaac Hamilton

UCLA is set to add highly rated former UTEP signee Isaac Hamilton, sources confirmed to ESPN.com.

Hamilton signed with UTEP in November but later asked for a release from coach Tim Floyd, who refused to allow Hamilton out of his letter of intent.

Hamilton, who is from Los Angeles, said he wanted to play closer to his ailing grandmother. He was thought to be headed to Southern California, but the Trojans backed off and UCLA wound up admitting him -- just one day after new Bruins coach Steve Alford lost out on guard Quentin Snider to Illinois.